DIATHESIS STRESS MODEL and PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

In 1962, psychologist Paul Meehl proposed an integrative model that to the development of the diathesis-stress model. Meehl suggested that certain people possess a genetic predisposition to mental, psychological and behavioral disorders that is expressed only if they are reared in stressful environments.
The crux of this model is; children behave in different environment according to their parent/ forefathers under the influence of strong dominant genes.